, 1887-07-13

windows were crowded with people. AS the
procession neared the abbey the troops salu-
ted, guns were fred, The bells of the chur-
cheS rang out merry peals, and flags were
run up, the cheering being continued until
the Queen had passed into the abbey.
At the central door of Westminster Alb
hey the ladies and officers of the Queens
household awaited the arrival of the royal
party. AS its members descended from their
carriages the ladies and officers advanced
to meet the Queen. The officiating clergy
were assembled in the nave of the abbey.
When the Queen appeared at the foot of
the steps the %clergymen formed a process
sion, headed by the minor canons and the
canOns reSidentiary. Then came the Bishop
of London, the ArchbishopS of Canterbury
and York, and the Dean of Westminster
The heraldS aud the member of the royal
household followed, preceding the royal
Princes aud relatives of her Majesty, who
walked three abreast, the two lines nearest
the Queen being composed Of the Princ e
of Wales and the Dukes Of Connaught AMI
Edinburgh, and Prince Christian, Crown
Prince Frederick William, and the Grand
Duke of HesSe. The Queen then came.
She was immediately followed by the Mas.
ter of Horse and the Mistress of the Robes
thePrinceSSes coming next in pairs in the
following order: The Grown Princess Of
of Germany aud the Princess of Wales,
PrinceSS Christian and Princess Louise,
(the Marchioness Of LOrne,) Princess Bea-
trlce and the Duchess of Edinburgh, Prin-
cess William of Prussia and the Princess
of SAxe-Meiningeu, the Duchess Of Con.
nanght and the Duchess of Albany, Prin-
cess Louise of Wales and Princess Eliza.
beth of Russia, Princess Maud Of Wales
and Princess Victoria of Prussia, Princess
Louise of Battenberg, and Princess Sophia
of Prussia, Princess Irene of HeSSe and
Princess Victoria of Schleswig- H~olstein.
Prince Alfred OF Edinburgh and the Wo-
men of the Bed Chamber and Ladies' In
Waiting and others closed the procession,
with the Captains of the Corps Of Gentle
men-at-A Arms and the Ye0men oFth Guard,
whose corps was posted at different points
i'll the abbey. AS the procession filed up
the aisle DR.. Bridge played the march by
Handel and the royal family slowly took
their seats on the dais, the Queeu occupy.
ing the coronation chair, over the back of
which dropped the regal robes of State,
which the Queen presently assumed with
the assistance of the Mistress Of the Robes.
The Abbey was now a blaze of magnif.
cence. On the right of the royal daiS, the
Lord Chancellor, in his magnificent robes
OF state and flowing wig, a mass Of velvet
HHu NcFmlne, WAS seated. BPnlnu MN sat
900 peers Of the realm aud their peeresses,
attired i'll their costumes of rich velvet and
snmptuous silks. Behind these sat the
Lord Lieutenants, heavy with their robes
and insignia of Office, and the diplomats,
whose bOsOms were covered with decOra-
tions. On the left, and facing the Lord
Chancellor, was the Speaker of the House
of Commons, also wearing his robes of
Office, with tho golden mace before him.
Behind him were the members Of the
House of Commons and their wives, all
richly arrayed for the occasion. So OH
either side of her the Queens eye would fall
upon two brilliant masses, splendid III
cOIors and dazzling with jewels. The gal,
leries, which reach mp to the lofty apse,
we're crowded with u black mass of clergy
men. Down the nave the eye was greeted
with a bright array Of military and naval
uniforms. Conspicuous among even all
this brilliance were the dazzling Oriental
costumes of the Indian Rajahs sparkling
with precious stones.
The rays of the sun, streaming through
the colored windows, gave u rich and vari-
ed glow 10 an aSseInblage which i'll itself
WAS as picturesque rs any the world has
ever witnessed. The long spaces between
the abbey pillars glOwed with the irride-
scence of many Tainbows. The scene was
of more than regal splendor, and must